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A lot of people really like Yngwie, and no one can really deny the guy has a lot of talent as a shredder. Depending on your views on the blues, and ideas on note value, you may or may not enjoy what he does over this bluesy groove.

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Black Sabbath's new album, 13,  is not far away! They've been playing shows and performing some new songs from it, and thanks to the internets, we have the chance to hear the songs before the album even comes out! Get your Sabbath fix with some live new stuff! Blow up some computer speakers!

This is an exciting time for Sabbath fans, with the first song from the new album "13" coming out last Thursday...all NINE minutes of it...and the new album not too far away. We also have a good clip from yesterday's show in Auckland of another song from the new album, called "End of the Beginning". It sounds oddly familiar, doesn't it? Still cool, though, and Tony can still pl

Mike Portnoy has been a busy guy since he left Dream Theater a few years ago. He's recorded and released albums with Neal Morse, Flying Colors, Adrenaline Mob; he's done tours for all of these bands, as well as touring with Billy Sheehan, Derek Sherinian and Tony MacAlpine; put out DVDs with them; and worked with John Sykes on an album that may never even get finished.

Some more cool stuff coming out tomorrow in stores! There are two really good ones out tomorrow that I think you should check out. Find out more about them in the video, and then get to the store and pick them up! Support the artists so we can keep getting more music to enjoy!

It was just last month that Volbeat came and killed at Speaking Rock, and their new song, "The Hangman's Body Count" is kicking ass on the air right now. They've now released the cool animated/lyric version of the song on their YouTube channel. Czech it out.

So Zakk Wylde of Ozzy and Black Label Society fame has decided to launch an instructional video series on his YouTube Channel. This is great! He's a monster player, and everyone could learn something cool from Zakk.

Hey guys, tomorrow a bunch of great music gets released officially to the world! Tuesday is my favorite day of the week because of this! Here's what's coming out tomorrow that I think you'll like. See my picks of the week after the jump.

Tuesday is the release day for albums and DVDs and such here in the US, and I thought I'd start sharing some of the things coming out every week, in case you're looking for some new music to check out, or might have forgotten about some. This is by no means a complete list, as I don't want to bore you, or myself, with a long list of crappy pop albums that always seem to be coming out.

Lisa Sanchez saw them first, and we're happy she did. At a record party in Austin, Lisa spotted The Virginmarys performing and invited them to drop by. The band performed unique acoustic versions of their hits "Dead Man's Shoes" and "Just A Ride". You also ought to hear them plugged in because they are electrifying. Their official video for "Just A Ride" is at bottom.

There are a lot of new albums coming out this year, and I'm really excited for so much awesome new music! What albums are you looking forward to this year? Is you favorite band releasing something this year? Tell me about it!